[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c7.23 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c7.23 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c7.23 - **Language:** English ### [c7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.23) Here at last, in juxtaposition to the standard ritual, the agonistic festival which the other texts try to rationalize away emerges. When we now turn to the human and the horse's head we shall be able to determine its nature. - [Previous: c7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.22) - [Next: c7.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.s1.1) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.23) · Pramāṇa